Understand
[edit]The name Worksop is likely of Anglo-Saxon origin, deriving from a personal name "We(o)rc" plus the Anglo-Saxon placename element "hop" (valley).
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]- 1 Worksop station. On the Sheffield-Lincoln line, as well as the northern terminus of the Robin-Hood line to Nottingham via Mansfield and Shirebrook.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Worksop Priory. church and former priory dating back to the 12th century
- 2 Clumber Park, S80 3AZ, ☏ +44 1909 544917, [email protected]. National Trust owned country park
- 3 Mr Straw's House, 5-7 Blyth Grove, S81 0JG, ☏ +44 1909 482380, [email protected]. National Trust property. Edwardian semi-detached house and its contents, remained largely unchanged since the 1920s
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]There is a greasy spoon and two Subways. You can also go to one of the two Gregg's bakeries on the same street.
Drink
[edit]If you are thirsty you can go to Costa Coffee.
Sleep
[edit]- Lion Hotel (Best Western), 112-114 Bridge St, ☏ +44 844 387 6173.
- 1 Riverside Caravan Park, Central Av, ☏ +44 1909 474118.
- 2 Trentfield Farm, Riverview, Church Laneham, Retford, ☏ +44 1777 228651.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Routes through Worksop |
Doncaster ← merges with ← | N S | → Newark-on-Trent → London |
Sheffield ← ← | NW E | → merges briefly with → Lincoln |
Doncaster ← | N S | → Mansfield → Nottingham |